Download or read book How to be an IT Administrator written by Robert McMillen and published by Robert McMillen. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How To Be An IT Administrator is the complete guide to anyone who is, or aspires to be, an IT Administrator. Learn everything you need to know about the components of a modern network, how to make the most money, how to be compliant with privacy laws, and how to handle difficult people and situations. Robert McMillen has over 35 technical certifications and more than a decade of experience of being an IT administrator. He also hosts a weekly computer radio show heard by hundreds of thousands, and he restored the Email that busted Enron.
Download or read book Time Management for System Administrators written by Tom Limoncelli and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides advice for system administrators on time management, covering such topics as keeping an effective calendar, eliminating time wasters, setting priorities, automating processes, and managing interruptions.
Download or read book The Practice of System and Network Administration written by Thomas A. Limoncelli and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 1567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 28 new chapters, the third edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration innovates yet again! Revised with thousands of updates and clarifications based on reader feedback, this new edition also incorporates DevOps strategies even for non-DevOps environments. Whether you use Linux, Unix, or Windows, this new edition describes the essential practices previously handed down only from mentor to protégé. This wonderfully lucid, often funny cornucopia of information introduces beginners to advanced frameworks valuable for their entire career, yet is structured to help even experts through difficult projects. Other books tell you what commands to type. This book teaches you the cross-platform strategies that are timeless! DevOps techniques: Apply DevOps principles to enterprise IT infrastructure, even in environments without developers Game-changing strategies: New ways to deliver results faster with less stress Fleet management: A comprehensive guide to managing your fleet of desktops, laptops, servers and mobile devices Service management: How to design, launch, upgrade and migrate services Measurable improvement: Assess your operational effectiveness; a forty-page, pain-free assessment system you can start using today to raise the quality of all services Design guides: Best practices for networks, data centers, email, storage, monitoring, backups and more Management skills: Organization design, communication, negotiation, ethics, hiring and firing, and more Have you ever had any of these problems? Have you been surprised to discover your backup tapes are blank? Ever spent a year launching a new service only to be told the users hate it? Do you have more incoming support requests than you can handle? Do you spend more time fixing problems than building the next awesome thing? Have you suffered from a botched migration of thousands of users to a new service? Does your company rely on a computer that, if it died, can’t be rebuilt? Is your network a fragile mess that breaks any time you try to improve it? Is there a periodic “hell month” that happens twice a year? Twelve times a year? Do you find out about problems when your users call you to complain? Does your corporate “Change Review Board” terrify you? Does each division of your company have their own broken way of doing things? Do you fear that automation will replace you, or break more than it fixes? Are you underpaid and overworked? No vague “management speak” or empty platitudes. This comprehensive guide provides real solutions that prevent these problems and more!
Download or read book UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook written by Evi Nemeth and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 1469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As an author, editor, and publisher, I never paid much attention to the competition—except in a few cases. This is one of those cases. The UNIX System Administration Handbook is one of the few books we ever measured ourselves against.” —Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media “This edition is for those whose systems live in the cloud or in virtualized data centers; those whose administrative work largely takes the form of automation and configuration source code; those who collaborate closely with developers, network engineers, compliance officers, and all the other worker bees who inhabit the modern hive.” —Paul Vixie, Internet Hall of Fame-recognized innovator and founder of ISC and Farsight Security “This book is fun and functional as a desktop reference. If you use UNIX and Linux systems, you need this book in your short-reach library. It covers a bit of the systems’ history but doesn’t bloviate. It’s just straight-forward information delivered in a colorful and memorable fashion.” —Jason A. Nunnelley UNIX® and Linux® System Administration Handbook, Fifth Edition, is today’s definitive guide to installing, configuring, and maintaining any UNIX or Linux system, including systems that supply core Internet and cloud infrastructure. Updated for new distributions and cloud environments, this comprehensive guide covers best practices for every facet of system administration, including storage management, network design and administration, security, web hosting, automation, configuration management, performance analysis, virtualization, DNS, security, and the management of IT service organizations. The authors—world-class, hands-on technologists—offer indispensable new coverage of cloud platforms, the DevOps philosophy, continuous deployment, containerization, monitoring, and many other essential topics. Whatever your role in running systems and networks built on UNIX or Linux, this conversational, well-written ¿guide will improve your efficiency and help solve your knottiest problems.
Download or read book Skills of an Effective Administrator written by Robert L. Katz and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there is a widespread belief that some people are born to lead, the existence of an 'ideal manager' is almost entirely a myth. Basic skills - the ones that most employees can learn - are often more important than personality traits. In Skills of an Effective Administrator, Robert L. Katz identifies the three fundamental abilities companies should seek to develop in their managers. Find out for yourself how these vital skills can be put to work today. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.
Download or read book Red Hat Certified System Administrator and Engineer RHCSA RHCE RHEL 6 written by Asghar Ghori and published by Endeavor Technologies Inc.. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6), this guide covers all official exam objectives and includes more than 100 exercises, more than 550 exam review questions, more than 70 practice labs, and two sample exams.
Download or read book The College Administrator s Survival Guide written by C. K. Gunsalus and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a widely respected advisor on academic administration and ethics offers tips, insights, and tools for handling complaints, negotiating disagreements, responding to accusations of misconduct, and dealing with difficult personalities. With humor and generosity, C. K. Gunsalus applies scenarios based on real-life cases to guide academic administrators through the dilemmas of management in not-entirely-manageable environments.
Download or read book Linux Network Administrator s Guide written by Olaf Kirch and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2000 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to networking on Linux now covers firewalls, including the use of ipchains and Netfilter, masquerading, and accounting. Other new topics in this second edition include Novell (NCP/IPX) support and INN (news administration).
Download or read book Organizational Legal and Technological Dimensions of Information System Administration written by Irene Maria Portela and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No further information has been provided for this title.
Download or read book Application Administrators Handbook written by Kelly C Bourne and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Application Administrator installs, updates, optimizes, debugs and otherwise maintains computer applications for an organization. In most cases these applications have been licensed from a third party, but they may have been developed internally. Examples of application types include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Resource anagement (CRM), and Point of Sale (POS), legal contract management, time tracking, accounts payable/receivable, payroll, SOX compliance tracking, budgeting, forecasting and training. In many cases the organizations are absolutely dependent that these applications be kept running. The importance of Application Administrators and the level to which organizations depend upon them is easily overlooked.Application Administrator’s Handbook provides both an overview of every phase of administering an application; from working the vendor prior to installation, the installation process itself, importing data into the application, handling upgrades, working with application users to report problems, scheduling backups, automating tasks that need to be done on a repetitive schedule, and finally retiring an application. It provides detailed, hands-on instructions on how to perform many specific tasks that an Application Administrator must be able to handle. Learn how to install, administer and maintain key software applications throughout the product life cycle Get detailed, hands-on instructions on steps that should be taken before installing or upgrading an application to ensure continuous operation Identify repetitive tasks and find out how they can be automated, thereby saving valuable time Understand the latest on government mandates and regulations, such as privacy, SOX, HIPAA, PCI, and FISMA and how to fully comply
Download or read book Linux in Action written by David Clinton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-08-19 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary Linux in Action is a task-based tutorial that will give you the skills and deep understanding you need to administer a Linux-based system. This hands-on book guides you through 12 real-world projects so you can practice as you learn. Each chapter ends with a review of best practices, new terms, and exercises. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology You can't learn anything without getting your hands dirty including Linux. Skills like securing files, folders, and servers, safely installing patches and applications, and managing a network are required for any serious user, including developers, administrators, and DevOps professionals. With this hands-on tutorial, you'll roll up your sleeves and learn Linux project by project. About the Book Linux in Action guides you through 12 real-world projects, including automating a backup-and-restore system, setting up a private Dropbox-style file cloud, and building your own MediaWiki server. You'll try out interesting examples as you lock in core practices like virtualization, disaster recovery, security, backup, DevOps, and system troubleshooting. Each chapter ends with a review of best practices, new terms, and exercises. What's inside Setting up a safe Linux environment Managing secure remote connectivity Building a system recovery device Patching and upgrading your system About the Reader No prior Linux admin experience is required. About the Author David Clinton is a certified Linux Server Professional, seasoned instructor, and author of Manning's bestselling Learn Amazon Web Services in a Month of Lunches. Table of Contents Welcome to Linux Linux virtualization: Building a Linux working environment Remote connectivity: Safely accessing networked machines Archive management: Backing up or copying entire file systems Automated administration: Configuring automated offsite backups Emergency tools: Building a system recovery device Web servers: Building a MediaWiki server Networked file sharing: Building a Nextcloud file-sharing server Securing your web server Securing network connections: Creating a VPN or DMZ System monitoring: Working with log files Sharing data over a private network Troubleshooting system performance issues Troubleshooting network issues Troubleshooting peripheral devices DevOps tools: Deploying a scripted server environment using Ansible
Download or read book Leading with Administrator Clarity written by Marine Freibrun and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn and grow as a more effective administrator and help shape student lives for the better with Leading with Administrator Clarity. This resource, made just for aspiring, new, and veteran school leaders, principals, superintendents, and even teacher leaders, will help you lead your school using intentionality as a key to create sustainable success and impact. Practicing administrative clarity, or the idea that transparent expectations lead to increased teacher and student achievement, has never been more accessible. In combination, the factors which make up Administrator Clarity can set the stage for a good staff to become great and a great staff to become unstoppable. Inside you'll find: - Research-based practices to assist in creating a culture that fosters student achievement - Personal anecdotes and stories from practicing school leaders - Hands-on, practical, and easily portable resources for school administrators in their daily work and life. - Details on the tools and competencies needed to be intentional and clear in order to cultivate communication, foster a responsive culture, and inspire teachers and teacher leaders Let Leading with Administrator Clarity guide you to learn and grow as an effective administrator and to increase your positive impact for all members of your campus community.
Download or read book Networking for Systems Administrators written by Michael W Lucas and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stop waiting for the network team!If basic TCP/IP was hard, network administrators couldn't do it. Servers give sysadmins a incredible visibility into the network-once they know how to unlock it. Most sysadmins don't need to understand window scaling, or the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 echo requests, or other intricacies of the TCP/IP protocols. You need only enough to deploy your own applications and get easy support from the network team.This book teaches you* How modern networks really work*The essentials of TCP/IP*The next-generation protocol, IPv6* The right tools to diagnose network problems, and how to use them*Troubleshooting everything from the physical wire to DNS* How to see the traffic you send and receive* Connectivity testing* How to communicate with your network team to quickly resolve problemsA systems administrator doesn't need to know the innards of TCP/IP, but knowing enough to diagnose your own network issues will transforms a good sysadmin into a great one.Fungi are among the most networked creatures in the world. If a mushroom can do it, so can you!
Download or read book Time Management for System Administrators written by Thomas A. Limoncelli and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2005-11-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time is a precious commodity, especially if you're a system administrator. No other job pulls people in so many directions at once. Users interrupt you constantly with requests, preventing you from getting anything done. Your managers want you to get long-term projects done but flood you with requests for quick-fixes that prevent you from ever getting to those long-term projects. But the pressure is on you to produce and it only increases with time. What do you do? The answer is time management. And not just any time management theory--you want Time Management for System Administrators, to be exact. With keen insights into the challenges you face as a sys admin, bestselling author Thomas Limoncelli has put together a collection of tips and techniques that will help you cultivate the time management skills you need to flourish as a system administrator. Time Management for System Administrators understands that an Sys Admin often has competing goals: the concurrent responsibilities of working on large projects and taking care of a user's needs. That's why it focuses on strategies that help you work through daily tasks, yet still allow you to handle critical situations that inevitably arise. Among other skills, you'll learn how to: Manage interruptions Eliminate timewasters Keep an effective calendar Develop routines for things that occur regularly Use your brain only for what you're currently working on Prioritize based on customer expectations Document and automate processes for faster execution What's more, the book doesn't confine itself to just the work environment, either. It also offers tips on how to apply these time management tools to your social life. It's the first step to a more productive, happier you.
Download or read book Network Administrator s Reference written by Tere Parnell and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Network Administrator's Reference" provides summaries on layer two and three protocols, Gigabyte Ethernet, MPEG, and ATM, in a blue and white signature that visually simplifies complex topics.
Download or read book A System Administrator s Guide to Auditing written by Geoff Halprin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 8 Operating Environment Study Guide written by Rick Bushnell and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the ultimate study guide to prepare system administrators for Solaris Network Administrations Certification. This guide explains TCP/IP network administration with practice questions, key learning points and tips.
